Former Highland Heights police chief sentenced

10:13 AM,
Dec. 18, 2012

Carl Mullen

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COVINGTON - Carl Mullen was entrusted with catching the criminals in Highland Heights and Southgate but he turned out to be a criminal himself.

"Mullen was a public official who occupied a special position in law enforcement," Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert McBride wrote in a sentencing memorandum. "Yet, even in this public position, Mullen acted with complete indifference for the law."

Mullen, 49, was sentenced Monday in federal court to three years and nine months in prison after admitting to stealing more than $127,000 from his department to feed a gambling addiction. He pleaded ...